1945 Allied ships bomb North-Sumatra

1945 HMCS Guysborough torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay

1950 Belgian government of Eyskens resigns

1950 Element 98 (Californium) announced

1951 Government of Drees takes power

1953 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1955 Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montréal

1956 8th Emmy Awards Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball

1957 Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted

1957 Ramon Magsaysay, President of Philippines dies in a plane crash

1958 Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd US), measures Earth shape

1959 Australia and USSR restore diplomatic relations

1959 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India

1960 Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA

1961 South Africa leaves British Commonwealth

1963 Elizabeth Ann Seton of New York beatified (canonized in 1975)

1963 Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali, kills 1,500 Balinese

1964 The Canadian Government introduces Canada Pension Plan Bill in House of Commons

1965 Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help)

1965 The X-22A VTOL research aircraft made its first flight at Buffalo, N.Y.

1966 South Africa government bans Defense and Aid Fund

1966 US sub locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean

1968 2-tiered gold price negotiated in Washington DC by US and 6 European nations

1969 Golda Meir becomes Israel's 4th Prime Minister

1970 US casts their first UN Security Council veto (Support England)

1972 Ringo releases "Back off Bugaloo" in UK

1973 Luzon, Philippine Islands a 7.5 earthquake killed 14, injured 100, and caused an estimated $2 million in damage

1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge

1973 St Patrick's Day marchers carry 14 coffins commemorating Bloody Sunday

1974 A CP Rail freight train hits a rock slide and derails at Spences Bridge, BC killing two crew members. This lead to the eventual installation of ditch lights on Canadian trains.

1976 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried

1976 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1977 Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877

1978 RCMP charge Toronto Sun editor Peter Worthington and publisher Donald Creighton with violating Official Secrets Act; published information from secret report on Soviet espionage activities in Canada

1978 Reds don green uniforms for St Patricks Day

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